Correlation of marine events and glaciations on the northeast Atlantic margin

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1988
• Subjects: Norway; Arctica islandica; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1988.0026; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1988.0026

Stratigraphic units representing high-sea-level events in Britain, northern France, Belgium, The Netherlands, northwest Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, are correlated by aminostratigraphy ( D (alloisoleucine)/ L (isoleucine) (ratios from Littorina littorea, Macoma balthic, Macoma calcarea and Arctica islandica ). The eight sealevel events recognized are modelled with the constraints provided by the oxygenisotope signal of sea-level variability, and available geochronometric age determinations for calibrating the D/L data. These data are used to constrain the timing and extent of glaciations in the British Isles and Scandinavia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene.